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Study of synapse strength focuses on ‘active zones’

Tuesday, Mar 16
… Study of synapse strength focuses on ‘active zones’ March 16, 2021 New … a lot, or a little, to drive nervous system communication synapse formation With new NIH grant, team will learn how … that enable the release of neurotransmitters across each synapse. The flies provide a simple model, Littleton said, …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/770

What separates the strong from the weak among connections in the brain

Tuesday, Jul 10
… Calcium flux, channnels and time to mature are key synapse formation synapse function synapse assembly synapse calcium calcium imaging …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/355

MIT scientists discover fundamental rule of brain plasticity

Friday, Jun 22
… of brain plasticity June 22, 2018 Research Findings When a synapse strengthens, others immediately nearby weaken … how this balance is struck: when one connection, called a synapse, strengthens, immediately neighboring synapses weaken … of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. “When one synapse goes up, within 50 micrometers there is a decrease in …
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How brain cells pick which connections to keep

Tuesday, Aug 06
… proxy of experience to mark synapses for stabilization synapse formation synapse assembly synapse disassembly synaptic plasticity CPG15 PSD multiphoton …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/561

Study reveals a protein’s key contribution to heterogeneity of neurons

Monday, Nov 29
… of two neuron classes at the fly neuromuscular junction synapse synapse function synapse formation drosophila NMJ …
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Study finds ‘volume dial’ for turning neural communication up or down

Wednesday, May 06
… vesicles for release at synapses synapse function synaptic transmission synaptic plasticity … blobs, called vesicles, for release at the synapse. Neurons deploy vesicles to sites called “active … that volume dial, the protein could change the nature of a synapse’s activity in a circuit, a property called “synaptic …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/644

Next-generation tissue expansion method improves neural imaging

Thursday, Jan 13
… deeper studies of circuit junctions in brain tissue PSD synapse formation synapse assembly inhibitory synapses MAP … eMAP allows for labeling multiple proteins in the same synapse. In a new study researchers demonstrated labeling as …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/879

The model remodeler

Monday, Mar 14
… of proteins are involved in building and operating e very synapse , both on the “pre-synaptic” (axonal) side and the … the connection. S ome of these proteins contribute to the synapse ’ s structure . Some on the pre-synaptic side … plasticity doesn’t just occur at the level of the single synapse . Combinations of synapses along a section of …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/896

Look and Learn: Studying the visual system

Friday, Mar 13
… CPG15, represents experience to make a newly formed synapse permanent. Synapses come and go, but by manipulating … on V1 neurons, Nedivi’s team showed that when a new synapse participates in a circuit responding to experience, … two-photon microscopy techniques to image multiple synapse types along dendrites in living animals. This figure …
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Protein has unique effects in neural connections related to information processing

Tuesday, Oct 09
… SAP102 shapes decay of postysnaptic currents cognition synapse function synaptic transmission molecular … of key receptors called AMPARs on the receiving end of a synapse. But how each member of the family works, for …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/419

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